The Mean One

The Mean One is a 2022 American Christmas slasher film directed by Steven LaMorte and written by Flip and Finn Kobler. The film serves as a horror retelling of Dr. Seuss's 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and stars David Howard Thornton as the eponymous character, with Krystle Martin, Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, and Amy Schumacher in supporting roles.

It follows a young woman as she attempts to defend her childhood town from a green-skinned creature who goes on a murderous rampage during the holiday season.

Victims

• Cindy's Mother - Stabbed in the neck by a nail after the Mean One accidentally pushed her.
• Lou You-Know Who - Stabbed through the back of the eye by the Mean One with a Christmas tree topper.
• Darryl - Slashed to death by the Mean One off-screen, body seen.
• Unnamed Man - Stabbed in the neck by the Mean One with an icicle off-screen, body seen.
• Unnamed Man - Eye smashed against a jukebox by the Mean One.
• Unnamed Man - Head stabbed onto a memo holder by the Mean One.
• Unnamed Woman - Kicked while on a table by the Mean One, causing her to fall and break her neck.
• Unnamed Christmas Tree - Stabbed through the stomach by the Mean One with a large candy cane.
• Unnamed Woman - Crushed by the Mean One.
• Unnamed Man - Head smashed by the Mean One with a glass.
• Three Unnamed People - Clawed across the face by the Mean One.
• Unnamed Woman - Strangled by the Mean One with Christmas lights.
• Unnamed Woman - Pushed into a boiling vat by the Mean One.
• Zeus' Wife - Sliced in half by the Mean One off-screen, body seen.
• Don - Stabbed multiple times in the head by the Mean One with a meat cleaver.
• Mayor Margie McBean - Part of her cheek ripped off and decapitated by the Mean One with a car trunk.
• Stephanie - Stabbed in the eyes by the Mean One with Christmas decorations, who then bit her throat out.
• Sheriff Peter "Pete" Hooper - Arm ripped off and throat bitten by the Mean One.
• The Mean One - Forgiven by Cindy-Lou Who, which unbeknownst to her, caused his heart to grow three sizes and explode.

Deaths

• Total - 21

Kill Count

1. The Mean One - 20 (Deceased)
2. Cindy Lou - 1

Notes:

• It's Unknown How Many Bodies are in The Mean One's Lair, so none will be counted